Tag-addressing machine.



G. T. PRITGHARD. TAG ADDRBSSING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1912.

1 ,070,1 76. Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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G. T. PRITGHARD. TAG ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1912.

1,070,176. A v Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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II ou [il Il o G. T. PRITGHARD. TAG ADDRBSSING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 19. 1912.

j uNrrED sra'rns PATENT orme.

GEORGE T. PRITCHARD, 0F NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

TAG-ADDRESSING MACHINE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. PRITCHARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Addressing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for addressing tags, and has for its object the provision of a hand operated device adapted for printing a plurality of tags from a single stencil, the printing device being connected with a single delivery tag carrier by which the tags are removed from a receptacle and carried into position for the impression by the' stencil and then delivered from the carrier mechanism when returned to receive and deliver another tag.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan View of my improved tag addressing machine, showing the parts in position preparatory to removing a tag from the container before being carried into position to be printed; Fig. 2, a section on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, the plate 24 being omitted; Fig. 3, a front elevation; Fig. 4, a rear elevation; Fig. 5, a section on the plane indicated by the line 5 5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6, a section on the plane of section shown in Fig. 2 showing the parts in a printing position..

My invention relates to the art of printing address tags employing a stencil cut in the ordinary manner in impression paper or fabric in which the stencil is xedly secured to a frame carryinga printing pad and so mounted that the impression is made through the stencil, it being the purpose to use the stencil to print a number of tags therewith and then to remove the stencil from the holder and replace it with another Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application led Ju'ly 19, 1912.

ratemeaaug. 12,1913.

Serial No. '710,497'.

brackets 4 and 5, is a receptacle 6 open at its upper and lower ends and adapted to receive the blank tags to be operated upon, said tags'being held in said receptacle by means of fingers 7 secured to the rear plate 3 and extending across the lower end of said receptacle.

Slidably mounted in grooves 8 inthe side members 2 is a plate 9 that operates as a delivery plate and also the platen for receiving and holding the tags delivered from the receptacle 6 during the printing operation. Secured to the under side of the plate 9 are spring .fingers 10 having their rear extremities bent upwardly as shown at 11 and extended through notches 12 in the rear extremity of the plate 9, said fingers operating when the plate 9 is in its rearmostposition as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5, to engage the lowermost tag in the receptacle 6 to deliver it from said receptacle by the mechanism to be hereinafter described. The lower margins of the front and rear sides of the receptacle 6 are formed with alined notches 13 to permit reciprocation of the plate 9 as hereto-fore stated.V

The plate 9 is actuated by means of angular levers 14 pivotally mounted on the side plates 2k as shown at 15 and have pins 16 thereon that engage slo-ts 17 in arms 18 pivotally mounted on said plates 2 as shown at 19, said arms 1S being also provided with slots 20 near their lower free extremities that engage pins 21 secured to ears 22 mounted on the rear margin of the plate 9 and adjacent to the two side margins thereof. Levers 14 have their free terminals connected by means of a rod 23 that is utilized as a handle forv operating said levers and has a bar 24 pivotally mounted thereon as shown at 14a, and has a printing plate 25 mounted thereonrby means of the bracket arms 25. lThe printing plate 25 has secured thereto an ink pad 26 on which is adapted to be mounted a stencil 27 secured inposition on said pad by means of a frame 28 removably engaging said plate 25.

By pivoting the bar 24 on the levers 14, it will be apparent that the printing plate 25 with the ink pad 26 is always in a hori- Zontal position, while the device is in operation, so as to prevent the ink from running to the edge of the pad and dripping off, and furthermore that the printing plate 25 may be turned upwardly when the machine soil 6 are horizontal fingers 29 that are adapted` to engage the printed tag when the plate 9 is moved fromv the printing position, and

to deliver said tag on to the inclined plate from whence it is delivered from the machine.

31 .indicates springs connecting arms 18 with the side-members, said springs operating to move said arms rearwardly and thereby move the plate 9 to its rearmost po sition and the levers 14 to their elevated positions.

In operation, the receptacle 6 being filled with blank tags laid face upward, and the machine being inthe .position shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, the levers '14 are com pressed downwardly by manual pressure on the cross bar 23. By such movement of the levers 14 downwardly, t-he arms 18 are swung in a forward direction and by such forward movement, slide the plate 9 from under the receptacle G carrying therewith the lowermost tag and by the `time the levers 1i assume the .position shown `in Fig. 6, theiplate 9 willas shown in said Fig. 6, be under the printing platevl so that the tag thereon will receive an impression through the stencil 27 mounted on said printing plate. When pressure onthe cross bar 23 is released ythe springs 31 will as stated above, raisethe levers 14: to their-uppermost positions and at the same time move the plate 9 to its rearmost position. "When the plate 9 movesto its rearmost position as stated, the printed tag thereon will be pushed from the plate by engaging the lingers 29 and will slide down the vinclined plate 30.

Having thus described-my invention, what Ielaim is 1. In a tag addressing. machine, a receptaelesuitably mounted and adapted to hold a plurality of tags arranged lface upward, a horizontally reciprocating plate operating beneath said receptacle and adapted to en gage `the lowermost tag when operated, arms suitably pivoted and operatively connected to said plate, bell crank levers pivotally mounted and operatively engaging said `tags arranged face upward, a plate mounted to reciprocate under said receptacle, spring vfingers securedto said plate and having upturned ends adapted to engage the lower-- most tag in the `receptacle and deliver it therefrom, arms ypivotally mounted and op eratively engaging said plate, bell crank levers also pivotally.mounted and operatively engagingsaid arms, and a printing mecha-r nism mounted on said levers, said levers when moving into a print-ing position adapted to actuate said plate to deliver a single tagthereon intoposition for and supporting it vduring impression by the printingmechanism carriedby said levers.

3. A tag addressing machine comprising a receptacle suitably mounted, lingers suitablysecured. andrlocated beneath said reeep taole, said receptacle being adapted toreceive a plurality of tags arranged face to face and resting upon said fingers, a `plate slidably mounted and operating beneath said receptacle, .spring lingers secured to said plate and adapted to engage a single tag within the receptacle and to deliver it therefrom, arms pivotally mounted andoperatively engaging said plate, levers also pivotally mounted and 4operatively engaging said arms, a printing mechanismimounted on said levers, said levers beingadapted to actuatesaid plate to deliver a single tag thereon from said receptacle into position to be printed Eby the printing mechanism mounted thereon, lingers secured to the forward side of said receptacle andadapted to engage the `tag on the plate for printing whentheplate is moving into position under the receptacle, and an inclined plate located adjacent to said ingersto receive the tag-delivered from the plate.

'In ,testimony whereof I alli-x my signature in presence yof two witnesses.

GEORGE T. PRITCHARD.

Witnesses J. A. COLEMAN, Jr., J. GRAY REID.

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